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Dale Rensing, Porter Consulting Senior Market Analyst

There are key moments in history when technological advancements occur at a point when conditions are ripe for change. This convergence ultimately brings about a revolutionary shift in the way things are done. The printing press, the cotton gin, the automobile, the electronic calculator – each had a profound effect on many different social norms. Digital media is such a technology. As predicted, it has ushered in a new Information Age. What could not be predicted was how it would disrupt time-honored ways of doing business.Read More →

By Dale Rensing, Senior Market Analyst at Porter Consulting

At the start of my career many years ago, I had an opportunity to work for an incredibly forward-thinking company, a company that was connected worldwide through its electronic communications before anyone even coined the term internet. It was the Star Trek Academy of its day, inventing many of the technologies that we now take for granted.

I was star struck. Fresh out of college where I took one computer programming course involving the use of punch cards, I couldn’t get over how easily everyone interacted with one another through computers. Email was the preferred method of communication; forget about the phone. There were forums and chat groups, very similar to the social networking websites of today. Members would chime in on problems, resolve issues and share common interests. We communicated quickly and easily from our keyboards, often with people whom we had never met in person, but people we came to respect due to their demonstrated expertise.

Dale Rensing, Porter Consulting Senior Market Analyst

You’ve heard of Moore’s Law, right? In 1965 Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, remarked upon the fact that processor speeds for computers would double just about every 18 months. What Moore was pointing to was the acceleration of the pace of change in technology.Read More →

Dale Rensing, Porter Consulting Senior Market Analyst

A typical millennial, my son is enamored with technology and eager to always have the latest and greatest. His newest campaign centers on Google Glass and other virtual reality (VR) products. The concept is cool; it gives us the ability to travel to other places from the comfort of our home, much like we would do reading a book. But until I had the chance to actually try what VR has evolved into today with Microsoft’s HTC Vive demo, I did not realize how far it had come so quickly.Read More →